Amphitrite is the personification of the sea. She was first a sea
nerid and then because of her marriage to Poseidon she became known as a
sea goddess.
Amphitrite always loved dolphins. So Poseidon first came up
to the earth to see her riding on the back of a dolphin. Poseidon was not faithful to her and then she ran
off into the Atlas Mountains, in North Africa. Poseidon sent
messengers to find her, and she was later approached by Poseidon's messenger
Delphinus the dolphin and he convinced her to return to the
sea with him. They had
three children together. Amphitrite found out that Poseidon
was a husband
with no faith. One of his other lovers was a beautiful, nymph named
Scylla. Amphitrite turned her
into an ugly monster. Amphitrite would ride around on her sea
chariot or riding on a sea animal. |
|
Amphitrite Facts
|
| Goddess
of |
Sea
|
| Mother |
Doris
|
| Father |
Nereus |
| Husband |
Poseidon |
| Children |
Triton,
Rhode,
Benthesicyme |
| Siblings |
none |
| Roman
Name |
Salacia |
|